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CT 43, 070 (P313360)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 43, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313360 |
| Museum no. | BM 108449 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na be-ti-i | to Beti |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma nam-ra-tum-ma | Namratum speaks thus: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever. |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | asz-szum _{disz}{d}suen_-be-el-ap-lim | Concerning Sîn-bēl-aplim |
| 7 | sza ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ri-im | of which you wrote thus: |
| 8 | um-ma i-na qa2-be2-e-ia | Thus (says) my speaking: |
| 9 | il-li-kam | came. |
| 10 | _{disz}{d}utu_mu-sze-zi-ib | Šamaš-mušezib |
| 11 | asz-szum s,u2-ha-ar-tim | Concerning the ṣuḫartum |
| 12 | mi-im-ma-a u2-da-ab-ba-ab | everything he shall reveal |
| 13 | szum-ma i-da-ab-bu-ub | If he speaks, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [a-wa]-tam ki-ma ta-szi-im-ti-ki ep-szi | I speak a word like your testimony. |
| 2 | a-wa-tum sza _{d}suen_-be-el-ap-lim | the word of Sîn-bēl-aplim |
| 3 | i-in-ki ma-ah-ra-at | “It is the first-fruits of (the harvest) |
| 4 | _{disz}{d}utu_mu-sze-zi-ib | Šamaš-mušezib |
| 5 | i-in-ki ma-ah-ra-at | “It is the first-fruits of (the harvest) |
| 6 | a-szar e-li-ki t,a3-bu | where it is pleasing to you |
| 7 | ki-ma ta-qa2-ab-bi-i | When you speak, |
| 8 | li-in-ne-pu-usz | may he do. |
| 9 | asz-szum {disz}{d}na-bi-um-ma-lik | Concerning Nabium-malik |
| 10 | 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ ka-an-kum | 2 shekels of silver are deposited. |
| 11 | i-na qa2-ti _{d}utu_-du-um-qi2 | by the hand of Šamaš-dumqī |
| 12 | li-qe2-e-ma | take, and |
| 13 | a-na {d}na-bi-um-ma-lik | to Nabium-malik |
| 14 | id-ni | gave. |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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